Hello everybody, the motherboard in my system has been acting up lately. It's a complete POS - the ECS P4S5A/DX+ (SIS 645DX chipset). Had all kinds of troubles with it during the last 2.5 years of use.
Not long ago I found a similar, but supposedly much better board on sale for $30 - an Epox 4PEA9I (Intel 845PE chipset) and grabbed it immediately.
The problem is, I'm overloaded with work now, and I do some of it on my home computer so I can't really mess with the OS/programs installation plus I got the system configured just the way I like and it would be a huge PITA to reinstall and reconfigure all the stuff I have on it.
I remember last time I upgraded, after going from a VIA chipset to SIS the old Windows XP wouldn't boot up. Repair didn't work either so I had to reinstall.
Anyone knows if going from SIS 645DX to Intel 845PE would provide a similar result if I just swap motherboards?
How can I keep the existing setup?
If it's already adressed it some FAQ please link me to it, couldn't find.
Not long ago I found a similar, but supposedly much better board on sale for $30 - an Epox 4PEA9I (Intel 845PE chipset) and grabbed it immediately.
The problem is, I'm overloaded with work now, and I do some of it on my home computer so I can't really mess with the OS/programs installation plus I got the system configured just the way I like and it would be a huge PITA to reinstall and reconfigure all the stuff I have on it.
I remember last time I upgraded, after going from a VIA chipset to SIS the old Windows XP wouldn't boot up. Repair didn't work either so I had to reinstall.
Anyone knows if going from SIS 645DX to Intel 845PE would provide a similar result if I just swap motherboards?
How can I keep the existing setup?
If it's already adressed it some FAQ please link me to it, couldn't find.
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